Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

Most entrepreneurs I know want to do the right thing for their businesses, as well as themselves, but they are not always sure what that means. The good news is that none of these need be mutually exclusive, according to recent studies of market trends. You must be the model of the culture you want. Set the bar high on standards.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

Both are required to stay competitive. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. Another study predicts this number could grow to 24 million by 2018. Measuring results in itself is not new. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Every entrepreneur and business executive I know wants to emulate that boss, but most can’t even describe the attributes required. In my opinion, great examples in today’s entrepreneur world include Elon Musk (Tesla), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Richard Branson (Virgin Group). Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

Both are required to stay competitive. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. Another study predicts this number could grow to 24 million by 2018. Measuring results in itself is not new.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2014

The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. Provide direct customer contact to everyone, as well as training. business change rate comfort zone entrepreneur startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

Both are required to stay competitive. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. Overall, as an entrepreneur, you just need to be aware that the notions of work are changing just as fast as the technology for products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Most aspiring entrepreneurs believe their initial idea and inspiration requires the most important creative thinking. Experienced entrepreneurs will tell you that the initial idea is the easy part, and it’s the later implementation, and the competitive business marketing that are the real creative challenges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2020

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Good hiring, training, and mentoring are the best motivators. If you can do it, motivation can easily be your biggest competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2018

Every entrepreneur believes in their heart that their startup is more innovative and creative than their competitors. A classic study based on intensive research, “ The Myths of Creativity ,” by David Burkas tries to demystify the processes and forces that drive innovation.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

in Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences from West Virginia University, and told us a bit about the fund, its investments, and his advice to entrepreneurs looking for investment from the company. What are you looking for in a company and entrepreneur? What's your biggest advice to an entrepreneur? What is OCV Partners?

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 13, 2012

Successful Olympic athletes share a number of common qualities with entrepreneurs; including boundless energy, uncompromising tenacity and a willingness to innovate. Such innovations include new training routines, inventive diets, and novel gameplay tactics. Harvard Professor Michael Porter notes in, “What Is Strategy?”that

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2012

Did you ever wonder how a new entrepreneur knows how to “do the right thing” for his business? Translating that into business value, a study by Wirthlin Worldwide concluded that 80% of customers still base a good portion of their buy decision on their perception of that firm’s ethics. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

I’d like to do a few posts on what life looks like on the way up and perhaps how to keep your head on straight and avoid drinking your own Kool Aid because as I often advise entrepreneurs on irrational exuberance, “ In a strong wind even turkeys can fly.” ROI studies were published. Who is the executive sponsor?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

There have been many studies done on the topic including looking at twins raised in separate families. There have been studies of adopted children to their natural parents versus the parents that raised them. I have also seen studies on “birth order.&#. I’m an ex entrepreneur. I suspect he’s not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2013

One of the big advantages of being an entrepreneur and starting your company from scratch is that you get to set the culture, which is much easier than changing the culture of an existing business. Train all the time. Every interaction every day is a training event, and you can capitalize on it or not. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2019

These things are clearly good for morale, but its not so clear that they translate into a competitive advantage. These authors present 20+ years of research, including case studies and metrics, showing how culture really makes or breaks your business. Ongoing culture steps require tuning of measurements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

As an angel investor, I hear many entrepreneurs making negative comments about competitors or asserting they don’t have any competitors. They don’t realize that knocking competitors is assessed as a weakness and denying that you have any competition suggests there is no market for your solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2012

One of the big advantages of being an entrepreneur and starting your company from scratch is that you get to set the culture, which is much easier than changing the culture of an existing business. Train all the time. Every interaction every day is a training event, and you can capitalize on it or not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2013

Most aspiring entrepreneurs believe their initial idea and inspiration requires the most important creative thinking. Experienced entrepreneurs will tell you that the initial idea is the easy part, and it’s the later implementation, and the competitive business marketing that are the real creative challenges.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2014

For top tier programs, there is a compelling combination of promise and mystique that creates a unique drive for entrepreneurs, who once accepted, become ready to put life circumstances on hold during program durations to grow their startups. Build, fail, learn, and improve FAST. It’s a new way to think “business” school.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2016

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Good hiring, training, and mentoring are the best motivators. If you can do it, motivation can easily be your biggest competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2016

Every entrepreneur and business executive I know wants to emulate that boss, but most don’t can’t even describe the attributes required. In my opinion, great examples in today’s entrepreneur world include Elon Musk (Tesla), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Richard Branson (Virgin Group). Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2017

The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. Provide direct customer contact to everyone, as well as training. In summary, change will happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

Both are required to stay competitive. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. Overall, as an entrepreneur, you just need to be aware that the notions of work are changing just as fast as the technology for products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2018

If you want your company and team members to be seen as going above and beyond the competition, you need to include an element that adds social value or sustainability for the greater community. Make sure you select a mission that adds shared value and provides a competitive edge, as well as playing to your strengths and interests.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

While studying at university, one of the founders had a girlfriend who lived in another city. Unfortunately he didn’t own a car so, in order to visit her, he had to shell out a lot of money each weekend on expensive train tickets. Any competition back home? What made the founders decide to become entrepreneurs?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. Provide direct customer contact to everyone, as well as training. In summary, change will happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. Provide direct customer contact to everyone, as well as training. In summary, change will happen.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

He created the Alpha Trainer, fitness app with an extensive customizable training program and was released on both the iOS and Android platforms earlier this May. I am a tech entrepreneur now, but I have always been into fitness my whole life. Again, I didn’t see any app that allowed users to customize their training regimen.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

But what chapped my hide was that every early assignment at Accenture they divided teams, training and assignments into “technical” and “non technical.” When I started my second company I was a serial entrepreneur. I introduced myself as a serial entrepreneur. I was a serial entrepreneur.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Do you have any words of caution or advice for entrepreneurs who attempt to “Get Their Band Back Together”? “In When assembling a team, I encourage entrepreneurs to seek out the MVPs, and look to build diversity into the teams they assemble.”. Who do you view as your biggest competition? You’re right.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

Here are just a few: Nolan Bushnell , a seasoned entrepreneur who founded both Atari, Inc. His set of studies include examining the conscious control of single neurons in humans, the ability to affect altered states of consciousness as dreams or sleep, and the ability of humans to regulate high-level emotions. 12pm: BODY. Interview).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2011

Did you ever wonder how a new entrepreneur knows how to “do the right thing” for his business? Translating that into business value, a study by Wirthlin Worldwide concluded that 80% of customers still base a good portion of their buy decision on their perception of that firm’s ethics. Marty Zwilling.

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Xconomy

JULY 12, 2016

The emerging global market for business services using drones is estimated at more than $127 billion , according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers. We must always keep our eyes trained firmly on the horizon. Here in the U.S., we deliver six billion packages weighing less than three pounds every year.

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